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The Volsnap.sys refers to a Windows operating system which is directly related to the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). This VSS file is very popular for causing a Blue Screen error. However, there are various causes of this error, but one of the main causes of this error includes conflicts such as Hard disk or some RAM issues, corrupt drivers or malware infections, incompatible firmware, and many more. Nevertheless, troubleshooting this BSOD error Volsnap.sys Failed is much easier and simple than some other errors.

Therefore, to keep it in our mind we provide you with a few simple steps by which you can be able to fix this issue. But before going through the process just make sure that you have created a system restore point or also suggest you follow the given steps in a proper sequence to avoid trouble and prevent yourself from any damages or error. The steps are discussed below.

Steps to Fix BSOD Error Volsnap.sys Failed on Windows 10

Below we mentioned the most effective fixes that will help you in troubleshooting the BSOD errors associated with the Volsnap.sys or Volume Shadow Copy Driver on Windows 10 Computers. Following fixes are as follows:

Method-1: Restore your Computer System

To start restoring the system, you need to follow few simple steps. Here how to do it:

Click on the Windows ‘Start’ icon to open the Start menu.

Now, a search box appears on your screen, type in “System Restore” and then click on the ‘Enter’ tab.

Inside the ‘Search’ results, search and Hit on the ‘System Restore’ option to open it.

If asked, provide the ‘Password ‘of the Administrative.

After that, follow the on-screen steps to select the System Restore point easily.

Finally, restore your computer system to that backup image.

Once finished, check that the Volsnap. Sys error fixed or not, if method one didn’t work, try the next method.

Method-2: Run System File Checker

The SFC is a efficacy file that is integrated with every Windows version which lets users restore and scan corrupted or damaged system files easily. By using this System Restore Checker tool, you can be able to fix this Volsnap. Sys files. Here how to do it:

Press the ‘Start’ button located on your Desktop screen to open the Start menu.

A search box will emerge on your screen, type in ‘cmd’ but do not click on the Enter key yet.

Then, hit and hold the ‘Ctrl-Shift keys together on your keyboard while clicking on the Enter tab.

Now, a permission dialogue box will pop-up on your screen, asking you for your permission, click on Yes tab.

Now, you will see a black colour screen with flashing cursor will display on your screen.

Under the black colour screen box, type “sfc/scannow” and press the Enter key.

Now, System Restore Checker will start scanning for the Volsnap. Sys glitches and also further PC file related issues.

Follow the on-screen instructions for completing the process.

Steve Rogers is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technical industry since 2002. As a technical expert, Steve Rogers has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

Microsoft Word has the feature that can make the page borders. You can try the border of having a single line, many lines, and picture borders. For imparting the settings for page borders, you can choose the tab of “Design” of the ribbon. After that, you can select the option of “Page Borders” from the section of Page Background of the menu bar.

Here below are the instructions for creating the page borders in the file of Microsoft Word:

1. Employ the predefined lines in the form of Page Border

You can try the page border with a single line or multiple lines with a variety of line effects on your file. These borders with lines can offer the professional look on your files. For employing preset lines for Page Border, follow the given steps:

• Press “Box” within the section of “Settings”, in case you have not already chosen it.

• Choose the option of “Line Style” within the section of “Style” at the mid of display. You can head the list for looking at the variety of line style effects.

• Choose the “Line Color” within the pull-down menu of “Color”.

• Similarly, you can choose “Line Width” under the menu bar of “Width”.

• Within the section of “Preview”, you can choose the multiple positions for bordering the page. You can also press the border located on the image of “Preview” for toggling it on or off. You can realize the appearance of the page of Word file.

• You can employ the option of “Apply To” in the pull-down menu bar for choosing the pages that you desire the page borders to look like. In the list of a variety of different effects on the page borders, it depends on the composition of the page that which one will be imparted. You can pick out the options among Whole document, This section, First Page only etc.

• When you have built your selections then press OK for imparting the line border on your Word file.

2. Employ clip art as in the form of Page Borders

The Microsoft Word has inbuilt clip art to utilize it in page border. Besides the funny, exciting pictures, there is a multitude of options like push pins, art deco styles etc. For employing these, you have to launch the dialogue box of “Border and Shading”. After that, press button of “Box” within the section of “Settings” when not chosen. It will impart the page border to the whole documents. In case you desire to impart the page border for particular positions, for instances top or bottom of the documents, then you can press “Custom”. Thereafter, Art border can be added by following steps:

• Choose the option of “Art” in the pull-down menu bar within the section of “Style” located at the mid of the display. You can go to the list for viewing the variety of multiple art styles.

• You can choose the art style as per your choice.

• For altering the chosen B/W art border into a solid colour, you can choose the section of “Color” pull-down menu bar.

• You can choose the width under the section of “Width” pull-down menu bar.

• You can employ the section of “Preview” for adjusting the position of page border. You can tap the page border on the picture of “Preview” for toggling it off or on mode.

• You can employ the menu bar of “Apply To” for choosing that page on which you desire to impart the page border.

• Press the option of “OK” for imparting the art border in your file.

3. Modification of the Page Border margins

For creating the page border with your preferences, you can modify the page by adjusting the page border along with the page margins. For doing this, you can make the page border with the given steps:

• Press the button of “Options” placed on the bottom of page borders and Shading dialogue box.

• Press the field of the page margin and insert the size of new page margin. You can press the button of arrows placed at the right side of each page margin field.

• You can employ the measurement scale from the pull-down menu bar to click “Select” option in case you desire the page margin from the corner of the page or the text written on this.

• In case you desire, you can decline to choose the option of “Always Display in Front” for having the border looks behind the co-occurred text. In case you accept to choose then the page border will be shown in front of the co-occurred text.

• Press the option of “OK” for returning to the dialogue box of “Borders and Shading”. • Press the option of “OK” to add the page border on your files.

Sara is a Microsoft Office expert and her been working in the technical industry since 2002. As a technical expert, Sara has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

It has been observed that the Consumer Electronic Association 2019 was full of smart home items.

In this blog, we will talk about some of the leading smart home items that have been seen at CES this year.

Voice Assistant-smart switches

It is worth noting that many items that were seen on the CES were in actual not completely new, but rather plenty of firms came up with their model from the young product section, and that consists intelligent switches containing in-built digital assistant.

It has been some time with the introduction of Ecobee Switch+, but at CES 2019, people observed some firms launching their own models.

It consisted of-

Leviton’s Decora Voice with Alexa

TP-Link’s Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Light Switch having Voice Assistant

However, in the last one, no announcements have been made regarding which digital assistant it shall be paired with.

Lenovo Smart Clock

All over, people just love Google’s Home Hub which is even considered as one of the most amazing item for 2018, but frankly it’s a bit big for keeping it bedside while sleeping. So here comes the’ Lenovo Smart Clock’.

This clock is a precisely small model than the Home Hub, flashing 4″ display rather than 7″. It can let you know not only the time but also about the events which are about to come with the help of a calendar. People can easily put alarms, timers and switch off the alarms. It will be available soon. Most probably at the time of spring.

Video Doorbells

‘Video doorbell’ is among the most popular items of the last year. Nest and Ring really deserve praise for the work done by them for the models made by them. But after CES, people got lot many options of selecting from plenty of items.

Maximus launched a video doorbell having amazing dual cameras (completely new for the audience)-The major camera parts are pointed outside like any simple video bell, but the other camera point is situated at the door’s steps so that it can take the picture of the item put near the door.

TP-Link made an announcement regarding a video doorbell.

And also Ring has made a very good effort which is known as the Door View Cam. It is a digital peephole that’s meant to replace the present peephole on the doors.

Joe Martin is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technical industry since 2002. As a technical expert, Joe has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

In the previous versions of Outlook, there was the pull-down menu. But Outlook version 2013 brought the navigation ribbon which substituted the old pull-down menus. But when you start to use the Outlook version 2013 & 2016, the functionality of ribbon is similar. The ribbon is altered and adapted on the basis of usage of Outlook. When you move from the e-Mail view to Calendar view in Outlook then content enveloped in the ribbon is also varied. It will also vary the other things in Outlook like Contacts, Tasks, and Notes etc.

Additionally, specific concealed ribbons will be displayed if you are performing particular tasks. For instances, when you are running e-mail attachments, then a ribbon of attachment will be shown. And, after downloading the attachments and switching to another e-mail, this ribbon vanishes.

Operating Home Ribbon

Once you launch Outlook version of 2013 or 2016, then it opens Home screen by default. It is that page where you can deliver and get the e-mails and where most of the things in Outlook happens. Home Ribbon is placed on top of the navigation panel. Here below, some of the basic commands are mentioned:

1. New

You can employ the “New” button to make a new message in the e-mail. By using the option of New Items, you can make appointments, tasks. You can press the option of the downward arrow in the bottom right side of the button for expanding the menu bar and create the selection as per your choice.

2. Delete

You can delete an email by pressing the big X option placed in this section. You can manage the received e-mails by using the Buttons of Ignore, Cleanup and many more.

3. Respond

Buttons placed in this section manage your response to messages like Reply, Reply All and Forward.

4. Quick Steps

When you want to “Move, Reply, and Delete” messages into a folder then you can access it easily by using this section. There are many quick commands like To Manager, Done, Create New, Move to, Team E-mail etc. You can get the additional commands by pressing the downward arrow placed at the right side of this section for expanding the menu.

5. Move

This section offers you the buttons to make Rules, to avail OneNote, to Move.

6. Tag

When you desire to point messages as Read or Unread, categorize the message, and follow-up the messages by adding a flag, then this section helps a lot in doing this.

7. Find

This section comprises the commands like finding a contact, availing the Address Book, filtering e-mails.

Moreover, there are various other tabs besides the Home tab. There are specific commands attached to the name of the tab. In Outlook version of both 2013 and 2016, there are four other tabs mentioned besides Home tab namely:

• File: In this section, you can alter the Options to Outlook, printing messages, calendars and more.

• Send or Receive: Here in this section, you can deliver the email messages and receive the same. You can find the commands here in this ribbon to organize the Downloads and email server.

• Folder: Here, you can maintain the email folders and ribbon properties. • View: Here, you can alter the layout of Outlook for To-do page and People page by using the commands placed on this ribbon.

Nick Hollins is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technology industry since 2002. As a technical expert, Emma has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

Over a period of time, people have been coming closer day by day globally. It couldn’t happen within a fraction of seconds. It took several decades to step ahead with the mobile penetration and easy outreach of internet connectivity. In this age of globalization, people come and communicate with each other. They now can share their ideas and journey with someone sitting in the far distant country. In this way, IM (Instant messaging) played a vital role to bring people on a single platform.

IM has been in an evolutionary phase for a long period. It became advanced with the phased manner. Now you can send messages publicly or privately and from ICQ to AIM or from Google Chat to FB Chat. And, the interesting thing is that time taken to deliver the message is not in terms of days or months, but it is an instantaneous process.

Evolution of Instant Messaging

The concept of IM is not new, it dates back to the time of the 1960s, but it became common in early 1990s. In 1961, Multi-user OS (Operating System) like CTSS (Compatible Time-Sharing System) was built that permitted a maximum 30 users to sign in and personalize the messages with each other. In the 1970s, programmers started to operate protocol on peer-to-peer that set up smooth communication with the users of the single system.

During the age of 1970s and 80s, three instant messaging apps emerged that can be considered as the foundation of present-day IM. First one was the peer-to-peer protocol system only. In the time of 1983, Mark Jenks created a system named as Talk for permitting high school students of Washington High School to send the messages to other users along with accessing the first generation digital bulletin board system. Within a short span of time, users in this system emerged unexpectedly throughout the country.

At the time of 1982, 8-bit computer revolutionized the computer world and became the turning point to the instant messaging things. With the help of PETSCII text system, users could deliver the texts with one another in online mode through a modem or Quantum Link service. In 1988, Internet Relay Chat (IRC) opened multi-user groups called channels in which users can send the messages and transfer the files via the mechanism of data transfer. This IRC became vital for sharing the news in the times of the Gulf War.

Emergence of Market for Instant Messaging

In the age of 1990s, American Online (formerly Quantum Link) assisted the instant messaging feature to grow rapidly. In this race, ICQ became the first one, in 1996, to be launched in the market as a text-based messenger. In 1997, AIM (AOL-IM) started its debut and jumped into the industry of instant messaging. In 1998, Yahoo! released Yahoo! Messenger app then Microsoft launched MSN in 1999a and many more. All this led to attracting the tech-savvy.

Till 2000, IM (instant messaging clients) users had to work on multiple instant messaging apps for accessing friends and family in different networking connections. But, Jabber changed the system as it combined the IMs by serving as a single platform to access many IM featured tools at a time. This system was called as multi-protocol IM. Now in this system, you can talk with friends on Yahoo!, AOL-IM, or simultaneously. In the background of rising social media networking sites like Facebook or Twitter, IM has been evolved strongly. This rise also causes the shifting of usage from computer to mobile devices. FB brought its own Facebook Messenger, not allowing the third party to access instant messaging service. In this direction, web-based technology exclusively on computers advanced further. Nowadays, instant messengers have been with new shapes of communications like VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), phone calls using internet etc.

David Smith is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technology industry since 2002. As a technical expert, David Smith has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

In the smart way of living, Smartphone has become the best buddy with which you would like to share everything. But what do you do when you lose it? There are some apps that help users in finding their lost Android smartphones.

Here below are some of the best apps given which will help you to track your companion (Android devices) in case it gets lost or stolen. There should be two must-have features namely photo clicking via camera and getting recent call logs. Hopefully, these following apps will be useful for you to locate your device:

1. Prey Anti-Theft

It is an excellent anti-theft application for the number of devices like iOS, Android, and even Windows. You need to send the message with text ”GO PREY” for tracking your lost devices. Or, you can just visit the control panel bar and point out the missing device. When you are done with this, then you will get some features like GPS positioning, capturing images, locking down the device and more. The basic version has the limitation to add devices in it for keeping eyes on it. But, its Pro version can spy on maximum 500 devices.

You can follow the given steps after logging into the Prey app:

• Search your mobile on the map with the help of GPS and WiFi triangulation.

• Click images through front and back camera of the phone.

• Lock your phone and set the high-volume alarm even your device is in silent mode.

• Show the alert message or notification on the screen.

• Collect the network details with which your phone is connected.

2. Where’s My Droid

It is exclusively for the Android devices to keep eyes on your lost phone by using GPS. The basic features of this app are free of cost. Its Pro variant has many advanced features such as capturing a photo through the camera. The basic features are:

• Search mobile by using ringtone or vibrations.

• Search the mobile with the help of GPS positioning.

• Type your alert word as per your choice.

• Password protection and Notification if SIM card number is changed.

3. Android Lost Free

It has many useful features that are generally found in the paid apps like recover the call list after stolen, capture images through device camera, and others are following:

• Remote controlling the SMS facility and read delivered and received SMS.

• Deliver messages in the form of popup from the website.

• Set the alarm along with flash.

• GPS positioning and lock the device.

4. Avast! Mobile Security

Its feature of anti-theft is vitality for the mobile security. It can control remotely through web or message. It is considered the top-rated free mobile tracker. For finding your Android device, you can run its feature of the mobile locator with the following advantages:

• Control your Android devices through web or messages.

• Position your device on the map.

• Locking the mobile and setting up the siren.

• Wipe the device storage to make your personal data secured.

• Notifying while altering the SIM card number.

5. AVG AntiVirus

This software brings a feature to monitor the movement of the lost or stolen mobile with the help of Google Maps. You can employ remote management console of AVG for given below purpose:

• Wiping your mobile and SD card storage

• Once someone changes the SIM card in your mobile, then the device is automatically locked.

• Set the mobile ringtone’s volume up despite being on silent mode.

• Trapping your camera and emailing you with an image in case of three times false pass code insertion while unlocking the device.

Robert Coleman is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technical industry since 2002. As a technical expert, Robert has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

Microsoft has been in business for a long time now and are really great in doing business with World. Microsoft literally knows what and how to do for their customers, Microsoft loves to provide their customers with great softwares and updates within the feedbacks of their customers. So here we are discussing one of the best softwares ever produced by Microsoft, The one and only, Microsoft Office. It has been in the market for a long time now and has covered most of the market in its competitors category. Microsoft is not lazy about producing the new and great versions of it to make it user friendly and usable by most and all of its customer range.

Microsoft is spread across every continent as every computer running windows operating system usually also runs Microsoft Office, as it is one of the best and one of the easiest useable Productivity Software in the market. We love content and every other company has to have good content to make sure that they are in the business online. So they need a good productivity tool for presentations and data sheets, because every international company actually preys on Data, So this is how Office is helping.

Office has easy to manage data sheets in excel, Provides best presentation tool that can make things a-lot beautiful and easy to use presentation tools. Has one of the greatest DBMS ( database management system) and it is even best for Book publishers and other businesses that are related to information.

So the conclusion is that we in the international market prey on Data and that data needs to be managed by us and we need a tool to manage that data. And this is one of the best softwares that provides every tool for every kind of data that is needed to be managed and saved.

While updating older windows with the latest updates, many users are experiencing the system error code 0x80240031. Therefore, this error code commonly occurs with the Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 updates, but some Windows 10 users are also reporting the same error code. This error code 0x80240031 appears with the error code which says; “Problems were installing some updates, but we’ll try again later.”

However, this error code 0x80240031 might be irritating and frustrating for many users as anyone doesn’t know the authentic cause of this error. Some users who don’t have any technical knowledge might jam in the never finishing error messages. To keep it our mind we will decide to provide you with an effective solution which will help you in troubleshooting the error code 0x80240031 easily. The steps are discussed below.

Steps to Fix Error Code 0x80240031 on Windows 10

Generally, the Windows 10 error code 0x80240031 is associated with the glitches such as corrupted Windows update files, damage file registry or at times issues with the system files. It simply indicates that anywhere besides with the update installation process, the software has been damaged or corrupted and because of this it cannot be installed properly on your system. Moreover, to easily fix this issue using these given steps in proper series to evade damages and also removes all unwanted errors from your system. Here how to easily fix it:

Fix-1: Restart Windows Computer

Probably, it might be a reason that any tricky system files or programs are snooping with the Windows updates. For shutting down these programs, users will have to reboot the Windows in the Clean Boot mode only to troubleshoot the error message. Here how to do it:

Lastly, hit the ‘Start’ tab followed by ‘OK’ tab to complete the process.

Finally, restart your computer system to save all the changes.

Ethan Grey is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technical industry since 2002. As a technical expert, Samuel has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

In Microsoft Outlook if you forgot that you have deleted an email and want to restore it, then the deleted mail will not get removed from the history and you can restore it.

The emails do not entirely get removed when you click on the delete option; they only get hidden so that you can recover them when you again need it. When you hide your mails this will be an easy way instead of writing it again, but it only stores your emails for a limited time.

Where Can You Find Your Removed Mails in Outlook?

When you remove any messages from your inbox of Outlook, it goes to the trash folder, and it means it doesn’t get deleted permanently.

You will get the removed mails in these areas:

Find this in the Removed Mail folder; it is situated in the Outlook folder.

From IMAP email ID you will get the hidden messages in the folder which is same as above.

You will find this on the Restorable Mails option.

When you start your system, you will get this in the backup area folder.

How to Restore Mail You Had Removed in Outlook?

When you remove that mail by mistake, that should not be deleted, and then you have the option of restoring it from the deleted items folder.

To restore the removed mail, you have to check the trash folder in Outlook for Windows users. Here’s how:

• Click Ctrl and Z Key.

Check whether you don’t click on any other option like move or removed other messages while clicking Ctrl and Z key, this will go to the folder you had last done that activity.

This process will do time after time. You can undo your activity done before you move to the last stage which is of removing the mail and recovering it again. When you want to recover only one email, this will be a good option to change to Deleted Items file.

Steps for Mac users:

• Tap Ctrl+Shift+Z

By clicking on this keyword it shows the previous activitities. In case that action is of removing one message, then clicking on the CTRL+Shift+Z keyword and it will recover that mail.

How to Restore a Message from Outlook “Deleted Items” File

The folder on that removed emails will move is on the Deleted items file. You will find all the emails in this folder when you delete a message then it automatically moves to the Trash folder.

Recovering an email which is in your removed mails file in Outlook for the Windows users are:

• Go to the Deleted Items File.

On the official website of Outlook for mailing and exchanging, this file will be named as Deleted Items.

All those who are having IMAP ID then they should use a file which is for deleted emails, the data is designated with different names, you can find that file in the “Trash” folder, and for Gmail users the deleted emails are in the folder of Gmail Trash folder.

• Bookmark That Email You Want to Restore.

There are limitations of bookmarking the message.

Press Find Removed Mails option so that you can find that file where the deleted emails are in.

Steve Mark is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cybersecurity, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at office.com/setup.

Microsoft 0ffice setup versions come with enhanced productivity features that perk up presentation manner. From a pile of smart attributes, sharing files and folders is one supreme feature. However, not every user is aware about how to share Office documents using the desktop version.

Regardless of your mode of access, online or desktop version, it is mandatory to have an active account on Office com setup. You will need to access your Office setup account while you share the file or any document.

Please note that the steps below are applicable on the desktop version of Office setup running on Windows-based operating system. The instructions below may not work for other operating systems.

Steps to share Microsoft Office Word document on Windows computer:

Click Share button available in the top right corner of above the ribbon

Save all the changes of the document in One Drive

Allow permission options for the contacts you want to share with

Add the email address if the person is not already added, or just type names of the people

From One Drive, attach the document with

Click Send

This is all you need to do to share any MS Office setup file. You may fail to complete the process if you do not have licensed account on www.office.com/setup. In order to get a license, select and buy an Office setup plan. Keep the 25-digits Office setup product key and locate it at Office.com/setup. After you complete the activation, you will have the access to share or receive Microsoft documents.

While only using the desktop version, you can share the file with anyone you wish. Moreover, online Office setup users also have the benefit to collaborate in real-time.